But ex-FBI agent and whistleblower C. Fred Whitehurst
told William Fisher of Prism magazine that Freeh's
action were similar to those of PSU officials because Freeh
"did everything in his power" to cover up mistakes made by
FBI forensic analysts:

“While I was reporting issues at the FBI crime lab, FBI
Director Louis Freeh was doing every thing he could to shut me
down including coming at me with proposed criminal charges,
referrals for fitness for duty (psych evals), destroying my
career, moving me around the lab like a rag doll, ruining my
wife’s career. This man has no conscience and he is
accusing Penn State managers of not taking any steps. He
ought to be ashamed. Before the lab scandal is over you will find
that Freeh was right in the middle of it. He did EXACTLY
what the Penn State folks did.”

We reached out to Freeh's law firm – Freeh Sporkin
& Sullivan, LLP – but Freeh was unavailable for
comment.